The document describes a word ladder activity where students are given a starting word and asked to change one letter at a time to form new words going down the ladder. The starting word is "braid" and through a series of steps changing one letter per word, the word ladder takes the student from "braid" to "hair" going through 12 intermediate words.

1. Word Ladder
Braid….
Fourth Grade Phonics
Unit 1 Week 2

2. On the bottom rung of your word ladder,
write the word:
braid

3. Use the green letters from braid and the
letter t to make a word for an
enticement.
braid

4. You should have spelled…
bait

5. Trade the b from the beginning
of bait for a consonant blend to
make a word for an identifying
characteristic.
bait

6. You should have spelled…
trait

7. Trade the black letter from the end of
trait for a letter that will make a word
that means to educate or prepare.
trait

8. You should have spelled…
train

9. Trade the beginning letter from train
for a letter that makes a word for a
small particle of something.
train

10. You should have spelled…
grain

11. Use the green letters from grain and
the letters i and s to make a word
for a dried out grape.
grain

12. You should have spelled…
raisin

13. Use the green letters from raisin and
the letter g to make a word for the
production of tones from the voice.
raisin

14. You should have spelled…
sing

15. Trade the black letter for an h and
scramble the letters to make a word
for a deep and heavy breath.
sing

16. You should have spelled…
sigh

17. Use the green letters to make a word
for hello.
sigh

18. You should have spelled…
hi

19. Add two letters to hi to make a word
for employment.
hi

20. You should have spelled…
hire

21. Trade the i from hire for a letter
that makes this into a word for a
rabbit.
hire

22. You should have spelled…
hare

23. Use the green letters from hare and
the letter i to make a homophone for
hare.
hare

24. You should have spelled…
hair

25. You just went from
braid to hair in
twelve words.